Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

NASA demonstrates humanity may be able to stop an Earth-bound asteroid

Here's what scientists have now learned about the DART mission.

New observations show the aftermath of a spacecraft intentionally colliding with an asteroid

The NASA DART spacecraft shifted the orbits of two asteroids around the sun after intentionally crashing into one of them.